That’s why he’s in favor of a new plan to surround Citizens Bank Park with a protective barrier.

“Any time you can put a hard, fixed object between civilians and someone that may have ill intent, we’re all in favor of that,” said Wilson. “Permanent bollards is a lot nicer than putting a trash truck across the street.”

“The entire bollard link will follow the curb line,” said Sal DeAngelis, the head of security for the Philadelphia Phillies.

“We noticed both domestically and internationally different events where vehicles have been used to cause harm and we are looking to mitigate that risk with our bollards,” said DeAngelis.

Those bollards would run every few feet and block potential vehicles from entering the sidewalk that surrounds the stadium.

“We can have tens of thousands of people come to events here at Citizens Bank Park and there are plenty of pedestrians on our sidewalks and we just want to make sure everyone who comes onto our footprint is as safe as possible,” said DeAngelis.

Councilman Kenyatta Johnson has sponsored a bill giving the green light for the project.